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= Dr. Nancy Everhart = = =

Implications on Guided Inquiry:
With her research focusing on school library leadership, successful technology integration, and school library evaluation it is easy to see her impact on the support of guided inquiry instruction.

Throughout her work she has emphasized the importance of assessing and evaluating the work of both the library media specialist and their students. In concentrating on the importance of reflection, Dr. Everhart is a model for achieving eternal growth in a constructivist manner. This exemplifies the roles of engagement and reflection that are two very fundamental components of Guided Inquiry (Kuhlthau, Maniotes, and Caspari, 2007).

With her mission clearly outlined as the president-elect of AASL, she will be a spokeswoman on the national and international stage highlighting some of the core concepts of guided inquiry. In her own words, "school libraries are centers of intellectual agency as well as safe places for self-awareness and life skills  ." Promoting libraries as a safe haven and a refuge for many, she also states that they are places where one can reflect and build real world knowledge skills. As a main initiative, this message supports the ideas of providing many supports and interventions to assist in ones growth.

She has provided research that evaluates the use of outside resources and modern mixed media within the school library arena and has been able to promote the importance of utilizing this wide variety of support materials for students in the fast paced, information blasting environment of the 21st century. Giving students varied options and allowing for different ways and modes of learning (Kuhlthau, Maniotes, and Caspari, 2007) and achieving their goals is a keystone in the Guided Inquiry process.

//"Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I will understand." Chinese Proverb//